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Does it really matter? Won't the government just block all Chinese vehicles from being sold here so carmakers in this country don't have to compete?
Still doesn't help with the fact that not a single person outside the US will buy a Tesla or a Ford.
Sooner or later Americans will stumble onto TikToks and see how cool BYDs or Beijings are, and they'll wonder why their Chevrolet is a piece of shit.
The iron curtain only gets you so far when the internet exists. And when a government is too incompetent to even try to censor it.
Tesla stores are pretty common in China. They still buy the Tony Stark tech genius businessman schtick.
Tesla sales have been falling pretty badly in China for a few years now, ever since Chinese companies improved their cars. However, it looks like it had a good couple months at the beginning of 2026. I'd still expect Tesla China to go out of business in a few years.
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I think I saw more Tesla stores than cars.
I def saw more jeep stores than jeeps.
True but nobody can afford to buy American vehicles so it's hurting the companies since they can't sell anything
40-60k for a new EV, that may have some kinks as well.
There are more US auto workers working for foreign-owned companies than there are for American-owned companies. Eventually the Chinese EV companies will follow the path of Honda, Totota, etc. and just start opening factories in the US. Tariffs don't apply to US-built cars.
american ones are pretty crappy, and alot of them are built in mexico anyways.
The tariffs don't apply, but American workers, especially union ones, want too much money compared to Chinese ones, which is why they aren't being produced in the US yet. When most of the work can be automated away, they might build American manufacturing plants too.